Bloomberg Surveillance · Tuesday, September 8, 2026
Political pushback and community opposition to data centers are presenting a near-term headwind for the AI industry's expansion. This, along with delays in obtaining necessary equipment, is slowing down the planned build-out of data centers.
“And I think also really kind of the underlying ground swell also from the communities that have data centers put in them as well.”
“And you do have a significant delay in getting all the parts and equipment that are going into building out the data centers as well. So that's automatically kind of a slowdown in the data center buildup.”